Hurricane and Rosey
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| Hurricane and Rosey | |
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 Hurricane (left) and Rosey holding Super Stacy |
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| Tag team | |
| Members | The Hurricane Rosey Super Stacy (valet) |
| Name(s) | The Super Heroes Hurricane and Rosey |
| Heights | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) - Rosey 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) - Hurricane |
| Combined weight | 575 lb (260 kg) |
| Debuted | 2003 |
| Promotions | WWE |
Hurricane and Rosey (a.k.a. The Super Heroes) were a babyface tag team with the gimmick of superheroes that are based on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand.
[edit] History
The Hurricane superhero character is loosely based on The Green Lantern; he sports a tattoo of the hero's logo on his right biceps. His real life fixation of the character was parlayed into The Hurricane gimmick - as Helms gradually evolved into a full superhero character, to the point of wearing a costume to the ring. Throughout the invasion of the WCW/ECW Alliance, Hurricane was portrayed as a heel and could be seen teaming with fellow Alliance members, Ivory and Lance Storm. After the fall of the Alliance in November 2001, Hurricane was re-enstated to WWE by Ric Flair and became a face character. After the Brand Extension in March 2002, Hurricane wrestled exclusively for SmackDown! in the Cruiserweight division, before finally getting traded to RAW in September 2002.
Shortly after Rosey's old tag team partner Jamal was released from WWE in 2003, Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (or the S.H.I.T.). Throughout this time, Rosey came to the ring clad in makeshift superhero costumes, with each clearly depicting the S.H.I.T. reference on the front. On the July 19, 2004 episode of RAW, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero and began tag teaming with his mentor.
While on RAW, Stacy Keibler joined forces with Hurricane and Rosey, acting as their valet. She accompanied them to the ring wearing a mask and superhero costume of her own, calling herself "Super Stacy" until she was traded to SmackDown! on August 22, 2005.
From this point things only went from bad, to worse for the team. On September 5, 2005, Hurricane and Rosey were defeated by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, during that teams debut match on Monday Night RAW. Though this was a non-title match, the pair earned themself a title match at WWE Unforgiven. During the title match, Murdoch delivered an elevated DDT on The Hurricane to the outside. The DDT caused Hurricane to suffer a "stinger" (in kayfabe) and allowed Cade & Murdoch to beat the injured Hurricane later in the match to win the World Tag Team Titles from the pair.
The loss of the titles began a sliding path that brought the team to an end, for weeks after the pair would begin a losing streak, mainly caused by Hurricane's injuries. During the October 17, 2005 episode of RAW, The Hurricane was assaulted by Kurt Angle at the request of Vince McMahon, after the beating footage was shown of Hurricane ripping off his mask and striking Rosey (who had come to the ring to his aid). The next week, The Hurricane no showed a World Tag Team Title match leaving Rosey to face the champions alone. During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp, going now by his real name, Gregory Helms watched as Rosey was double teamed and defeated. After the match, Helms announced that he was fed up of being funny for the crowd, and that he had been carrying Rosey as a tag team partner.
Helms requested a match with Rosey, or as he called him 'fat piece of trash'. Helms managed to defeat Rosey with a Shining Wizard to end their partnership permanently. This was Matt Anoai's last match with WWE, as he was released shortly thereafter, while Helms went on to go to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and go to SmackDown!, quickly establishing himself outside of the Hurricane identity.
[edit] Signature moves
- Super Hero Slam (Spinning side slam) - Rosey's finisher)
- Eye of the Hurricane (Spinning headlock elbow drop) - The Hurricane's finisher
- Super Hero Splash (Elevated splash, The Hurricane would leap from the shoulders of Rosey and body splash a prone victim)
- Sidewalk slam, Eye of the Hurricane combination
- Spinning Samoan drop, neckbreaker combination; The Hurricane would perform the neckbreaker, with Rosey holding the victim up on his shoulders
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
On May 1, 2005, at Backlash The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championship.
